Emergency Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Diagnostic Testing and Admission Decisions in Chest Pain and Abdominal Pain.

Jesse M PinesMark S ZocchiTamara S RitsemaJohn BedollaArvind Venkatnull null

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2020)

Diagnostic testing and hospitalization rates for chest pain and abdominal pain between APPs and physicians is largely similar after matching for severity and complexity. This suggests that APPs do not have observably higher use of ED and hospital resources in these conditions in this national group.

Keyphrases

abdominal pain
primary care
emergency department
healthcare
quality improvement
public health
adverse drug
acute care